Fastener for vestibuled-car curtains.



' N. as'gs'm MLENTED4 DB0. 25. 1906'.

H. L. GARRETT.

, PASTENER FOB. VESTIBULBD GAR CURTAINS.

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Y HARRY L. GARRETT, OF BOONE, IOWA.

PASTI-:NER Frm VESTIBULED-CAR CURTAINS.'

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented nec; 25,1906.

f Application filed November 24, 1905. Serial No. 288,890.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY L. GARRETT, a

, citizen of the United States, residing at Boone in the county of Boone and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful `Iniprovernents in Fasteners, for Vestibuled-Car urtains, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fasteners for vestibuled-car curtains. These Ycurtains are used to cover the inner sides of the passa e-way of vestibuled cars to prevent accidenta injury to passengers and to present a more finished ap earance. One end oi` the curtain is usually ung upon a sprin roller, the latter being mounted vertical y upon one car-platform, the opposite end of the curtain bee-ing mounted upon a curtain- -pole andi-stretched to theplatform of an adjacent, car, to which this pole is fastened. Va-

rious devices have been employed to effect a fastening of this curtain-pole. When the 'cars are detached, the employee often forgets to manually unfasten the curtain, the result being a breakage of the parts. Automatic means for disconnectin@r the curtain have heretofore been presente but have not gone into use because of complex and expensive construction.

The object of this invention is to present more simple, durable, and less expensive fasteners than heretoforeconstructed which will eectuall hold the free end of curtains.

With t ese objectsin view the invention presents a novel construction and arrangement of parts, as described and claimed and as illustrated in the drawings, wherein- Figure l represents a vertical elevation of the invention in o erative position, this bein a view from. the inner side of the vestibu e.' 2 represents a vertical side view of the invention mounted upon a curtain-pole and attached to the hook of the car. Fig. 3 is a. modified view of Fig. 2, showing a detached position of the fastener. Fig. 4 is a vertical end view of the device to show relative position of parts; and Fig. 5 represents a sectional view of the curtain-pole, being upon the line a b of Fig. 4, to show the arrangement of certain parts of the invention.

I construct the frame represented by the numeral 1, having the pivot-bearing arms 2 and the clips 3 and 4 constructed integrally Ithereon, saidV frame 1 being longitudlnallv encircling pole 5 and secured upon the latter by means of screws 6. The clip 4 is extended beyond its junction with Jframe 1 to provide the rectangularly-formed plates or arms 7A and 8, Fig. 5, these arms beinfr parallel and occupying the same planes with reference to their transverse position upon the frame, and between arms 7 and 8 is pivotall y mounted at 9 the lever 10. Lever 10 is provided with an arm 11, which extends between the free ends of arms 7 and 8, parallel with the frame l and pole 5, to a point beyond the outer perimeter of these arms, from which point said lever-arm 1 1 extends in a direction substantially parallel with the outer walls of arms 7 and 8 toward the pole 5, this ortion being indicated by the numeral 12, an a porand 8,1s constructed suitable lugs 16 and 17,

between which is seated the coiled spring 18, which makes contact with lever 10, Figs. 2, 3, and 5, andpivotally mountedat 19 within 'wot-bearing arms 2 1s mounted the holdinghar 20. The numeral 21 represents the post or casing of a car, upon which is rigidly mounted the hook 22 over and upon which the rod 20 is ada ted to pass. The holdingrod 20 is cha ered upon its free end to form the angularly-faced recess 23, within which the lug 24 of lever 10 is adapted to enter, as shown by Fig. 2. Upon casing 25 of an adjacent car, within suitable bearings 26,'

is pvotally mounted at 27 the curtain-roller 28, the latter being rovidecl with a wellknown coiled spring not shown) and exerting a constant tension upon the stretched curtain 29, and upon casing 25 at 30 is s ecurely mounted one end of chain 15.

From the description thus given the construction and operation will be understood. The parts are purposely made as few as possi- -ble consistent with effective operation. The

hook 22 substantially as shown is already in general use upon vestibule-cars. The holding-rod 2O when inclosed within the hook is adapted tofmove vertically thereupon, which corresponds to the vibrating movement of the car-platform when cars are in motion. The cli s 3 and 4, as shown, are adapted to be rea 'ly fastened upon curtain-poles al- IOO IIO

xo ample for this ready in use. It is believed that the mounting of the holding-bar should be vertical, as here shown, to obtain the best results', and the use of the portions 11, 12', and 13 to form the lever-arm which eoacts with the holdingbar is a veryeonvenient, efficient, and economical construction.

ln o eration curtain 29'is stretched from theen of one car to another, its length being purpose. The bar 20 is then passed over hook 22 and locked upon lever 10. I he curtain then remains in a drawn position While in use. At the time of separation of the cars no attention is given to the eur- I5-tains with a view to their release, for since chain has a less length than the curtain when the cars separate lever 10 under operation of the chain releases the bar from hook 22, this action taking place before any 2o undue strain is exerted upon the'curtain.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination of a curtain and cable for `vestibuled cars mounted upon the vestihule-frame .of one car, a curtain-hooking 25 member seated upon another car, a lookingbar pivotally mounted upon onerend of said curtain and adapted to engage said curtainhooking member J; a lever upon said curtain 'adapted to control said pvotally-mounted posite end of said cable locking-bar; the o mounted upon sai lever whereby the locking-bar Will have a rotative movement by thev Vseparation of thecars.

2. The combination of 'a vdetaining member upon one ear a curtain and iiexiblemember upon another car; said iiexible mem er being of less length than said curtain; a suitlable frame Z adapted to sustain the mech- HARRY L. GARRETT.

Witnesses:

FREDERIC BACON, HIRAM A. STURGES. 

